‘I knew it would have been too risky to follow Rea’ – Davies

Chaz Davies finished yesterday’s race in second place, with a delay of four seconds for Jonathan Rea. Despite having started from the pole position, the Ducati rider was overtaken by Michael Rinaldi who got the holeshot. From that moment, the #7 always fought for the top positions, still being in the lead of the race.

However, in the second half, the Briton was involved in a duel with Jonathan Rea who, in turn, was going to do a proof of recovery. Despite being defeated in the fight with the Kawasaki rider, Davies claims that it would have been too risky to pursue the frenetic pace of his more direct opponent, while acknowledging that it was good to have won 20 more points.

‘We did our best today but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. The temperatures were higher and I didn’t have much feeling, so I was struggling a bit both in corner entry and acceleration. I thought I’d try and go with Rea but realistically I knew it would have been too risky. Twenty points is the best we could do today. It’s very important for me to be on the podium at Imola, Ducati is very close and there are so many fans supporting us. We would have liked to give them an even better result, but we still had fun’, the rider told in an official statement.